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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Thailand to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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