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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always 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 several issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Malaysia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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