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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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