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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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