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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are 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 distance learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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