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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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