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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners 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 numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

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