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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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