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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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