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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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