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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

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