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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kazakhstan to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

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