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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education technology make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Indonesia to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better understand these open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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