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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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