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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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