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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cambodia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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