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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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