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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cambodia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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