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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Czech Republic to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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