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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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