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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning have enabled learners all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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