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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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