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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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