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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free 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 several issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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