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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. People want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this developing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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