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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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