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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in electronic education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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