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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cambodia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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