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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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