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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. 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 several issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

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