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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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