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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Thailand to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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