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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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