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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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