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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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