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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online education enable learners all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cambodia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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