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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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