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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in digital education technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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