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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cambodia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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