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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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