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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cambodia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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