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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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