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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies 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 organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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