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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly 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 numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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