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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

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