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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Thailand to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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