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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in digital education technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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