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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better understand these new open education ventures. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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