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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in digital education technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

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