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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

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