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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Indonesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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