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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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