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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education have provided the means for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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