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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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