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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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