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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students 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. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

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