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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different 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 deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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