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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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