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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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