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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This gripping new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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