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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Cambodia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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