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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 many issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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