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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning make it possible for humans all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning 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 teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Indonesia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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