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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Indonesia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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