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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Thailand to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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