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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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