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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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