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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Indonesia to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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