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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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