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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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