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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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