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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Thailand to conduct these MOOC courses? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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