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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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