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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

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