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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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