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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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