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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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