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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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