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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in classes 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 classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open education ventures. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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