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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Indonesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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