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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Thailand to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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