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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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