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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in digital education technology are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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