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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in learning technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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