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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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