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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business 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 experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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