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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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