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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

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