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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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