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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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