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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified 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 innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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