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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations 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 participants manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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