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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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