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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic education technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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