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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in learning technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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