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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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