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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning are empowering learners all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

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