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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education technology enable humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally 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 many topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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