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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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