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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are normally 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 several issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

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