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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Indonesia to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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