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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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