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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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