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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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