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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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