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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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