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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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