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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students 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 issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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