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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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