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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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