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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in elearning make it possible for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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