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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business 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 we handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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