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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Indonesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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