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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

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