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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Thailand to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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