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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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