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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are considering now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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