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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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