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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in learning technology enable people all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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