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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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