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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all over the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Czech Republic to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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