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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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