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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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