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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in digital education technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cambodia to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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