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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are ordinarily free 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 variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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