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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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