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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in elearning enable humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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