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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are customarily 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 quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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