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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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