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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cambodia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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