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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online learning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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