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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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