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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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