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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Educators want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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