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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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