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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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