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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning have empowered students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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