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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high attrition?

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