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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. 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 online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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