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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

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