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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cambodia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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