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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better perceive these open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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