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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students 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 numerous issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Educators want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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