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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not 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 a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

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