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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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