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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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