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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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