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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning have enabled learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Students want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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