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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online education technology enable humans all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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