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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in e-learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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