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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cambodia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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