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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these open education undertakings. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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