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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Indonesia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Students want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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