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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOCs? How can we deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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