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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are almost always 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 many issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

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