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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning are empowering people in nations all aver 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. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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