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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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