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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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