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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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