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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not always 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 issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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