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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

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