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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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