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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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