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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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