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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning are empowering humans all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Azerbaijan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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