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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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