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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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