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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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