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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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