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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers 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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