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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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