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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

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