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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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