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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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