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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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