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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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