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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cambodia to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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