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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also articulates the key 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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