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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the key 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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