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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Thailand to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the most important 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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