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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these MOOCs? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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