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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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