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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning technology enable people all over the world to take classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cambodia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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