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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education make it possible for humans all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Czech Republic to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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