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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cambodia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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