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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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