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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education have enabled humans all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

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