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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cambodia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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