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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily 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 several subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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