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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these open educational undertakings. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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