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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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