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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are 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 many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Liechtenstein to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

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