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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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