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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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