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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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