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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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