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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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