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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning enable students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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