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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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