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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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