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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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