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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOCs? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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