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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology enable people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are generally free for learners 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 many issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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