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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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