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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning are enabling students in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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