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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in electronic education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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