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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Thailand to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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