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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology make it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cambodia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important 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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