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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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