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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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