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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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