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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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