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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Malaysia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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