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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

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