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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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