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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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