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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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