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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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