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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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