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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these interesting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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