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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning technology enable students in nations all aver the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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