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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

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