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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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