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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in electronic educational technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Students want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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