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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology are empowering learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sudan to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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