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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning enable students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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