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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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