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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other participants want to understand these interesting new open education ventures. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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