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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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