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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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