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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are typically free but do not 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 issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

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