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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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