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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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