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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always 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 numerous topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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