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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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