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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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