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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Thailand to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important 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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