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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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