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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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