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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Thailand to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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