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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently 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 lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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