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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open educational ventures. Professors want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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