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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are commonly 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. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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