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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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