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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning enable people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally 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 quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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