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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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