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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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