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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Cambodia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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