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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Indonesia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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