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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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