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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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