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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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