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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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