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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. 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. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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