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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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