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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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