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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to be more aware of these compelling new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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