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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

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