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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to understand these promising new open education endeavours. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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