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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to understand these interesting new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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