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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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