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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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