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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in elearning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Indonesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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