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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

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