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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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