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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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