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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic educational technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC 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 experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these new open education initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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