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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online learning have enabled humans all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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