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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Indonesia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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