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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

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