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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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