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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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