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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cambodia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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