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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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