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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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