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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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