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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education are enabling students in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Cambodia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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