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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Indonesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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