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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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