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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily 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 several topics that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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