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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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