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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning are enabling students all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to deal with today 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 we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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