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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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