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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand these important new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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