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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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