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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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