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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? 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 MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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