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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education enable people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Indonesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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