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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in electronic educational technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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