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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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