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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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