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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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