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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Thailand to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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