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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Cambodia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open education ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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