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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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