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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take 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. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Thailand to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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