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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

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