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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? 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 institutions like Indonesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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