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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Thailand to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to understand these important new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses 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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