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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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