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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Thailand to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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