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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are normally 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 issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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