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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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