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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that online education organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Thailand to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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