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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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