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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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