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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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