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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology are empowering humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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