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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

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