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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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