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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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