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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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