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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are 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 a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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