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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

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