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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning enable people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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