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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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