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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Thailand to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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