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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology enable learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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