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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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