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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better perceive these new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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