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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning enable people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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