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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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