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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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