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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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