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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology enable humans all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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