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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business 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 educators handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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