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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education technology are empowering students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Trainers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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