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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Czech Republic to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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