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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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