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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. 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. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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