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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning have enabled students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cambodia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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