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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to understand these significant new open education ventures. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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