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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in digital education technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open education ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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