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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are almost always 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. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

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