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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

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