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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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