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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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