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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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