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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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