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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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