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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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