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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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