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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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