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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Thailand to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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