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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cambodia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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