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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in digital education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Thailand to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting 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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