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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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