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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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