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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in elearning are enabling learners all over the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Indonesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education initiatives. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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