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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Czech Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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