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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

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