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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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