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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic education technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always 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 quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mayotte to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

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