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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Thailand to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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