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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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