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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

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