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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning enable learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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