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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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