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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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