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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Indonesia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Students want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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