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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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