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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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