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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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