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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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