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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not 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. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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