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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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