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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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