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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are free 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 quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

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