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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning are enabling humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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