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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education ventures. Universities want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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