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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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