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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also reviews the most important 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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