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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cambodia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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