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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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