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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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