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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to understand these new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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