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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Public servants want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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