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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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