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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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