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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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