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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning enable humans all over the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand these important new open educational ventures. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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