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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

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