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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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