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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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