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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this expanding demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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