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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better perceive these promising new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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