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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education have empowered students all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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