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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning enable humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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