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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

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