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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online education are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better perceive these compelling new open education endeavours. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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