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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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