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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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