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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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