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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Thailand to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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