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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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