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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cambodia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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