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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. People want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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