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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ukraine to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

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