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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Thailand to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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