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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Academics want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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