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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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