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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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