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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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