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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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