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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Thailand to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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