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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in digital education technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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