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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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