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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology enable learners all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually 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 quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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