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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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