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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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