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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

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