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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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