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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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