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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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