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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

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