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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Cambodia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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