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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

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