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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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