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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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