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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic educational technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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