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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education enable students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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