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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cambodia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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