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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education have enabled students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better grasp these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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