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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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