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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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