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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the key 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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