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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free 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 numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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