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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning are empowering humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. 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. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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