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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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