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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. 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 massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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