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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free 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 online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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