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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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