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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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