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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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