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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Thailand to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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