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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners 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 quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to consider now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Thailand to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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