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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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