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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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