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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Thailand to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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