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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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