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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

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