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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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