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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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