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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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