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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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