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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

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