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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in elearning enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education ventures. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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