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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

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