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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to understand these new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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