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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Djibouti to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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