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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cambodia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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