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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in elearning technology have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students 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 many issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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