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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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