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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students 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 a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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