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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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