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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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