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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in blended learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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