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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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