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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning enable humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Thailand to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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