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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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