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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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