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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Czech Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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