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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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