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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Thailand to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational ventures. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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