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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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