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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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