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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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