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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

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