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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open educational endeavours. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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