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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Thailand to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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