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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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