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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Czech Republic to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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