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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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