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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always 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 numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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