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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Cambodia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire 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 education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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