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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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