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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

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