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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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