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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Thailand to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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