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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

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