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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always 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 numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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