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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not 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 distance learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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