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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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