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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open 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 quite a few topics that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

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