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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Indonesia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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