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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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