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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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