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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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