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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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