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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not 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 topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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