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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in elearning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that elearning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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