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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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