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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students 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 numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Czech Republic to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to understand these significant new open educational ventures. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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