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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education undertakings. Professors want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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