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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online learning technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to be more aware of these significant new open educational ventures. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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