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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

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