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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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