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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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