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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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