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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open educational endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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