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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are commonly 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 many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

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