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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational ventures. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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