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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education are empowering people all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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