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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently 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 quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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