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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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