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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cambodia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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