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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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