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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for students 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 several issues that e-learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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