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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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