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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different 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 optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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