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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in elearning have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cambodia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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