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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online education enable people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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